KoreAm Journal
KoreAm Journal, which later became KoreAm Magazine, is a rare example of mainstream English-language ethnic community journalism, centered on transnational Korean American communities. Its content straddled Korean and Korean American culture and perspectives. Together, the articles collected here play a large role in documenting and representing the impact of Sa I Gu for the Korean American community.
KoreAm: Rebuilding Our Community
Ryu, Jung Shig, “From the Americanization to Pluralism.” KoreAm Journal 3, no. 6 (June 1992): 3.
Yu, Jerry C., “A Plan to “Build” the Korean American Community.” KoreAm Journal 3, no. 6 (June 1992): 4.
Oh, Angela, “Shaping the Political Agenda.” KoreAm Journal 3, no. 6 (June 1992): 5.
Im, Yongjin, “Media Bias Aggravated Riot Damage.” KoreAm Journal 3, no. 6 (June 1992): 7.
Lee, Mimi, “The Failure of Mainstream America.” KoreAm Journal 3, no. 6 (June 1992): 10.
Yoo, Steve , “Advocates Communication, Cooperation.” KoreAm Journal 3, no. 6 (June 1992): 11.
KoreAm: 4.29 Not Just a Memory
Lee, John H., “How We Feel.” KoreAm Journal 4, no. 4 (April 1993): 12-13.
Lee, John H., “A Media Reading.” KoreAm Journal 4, no. 4 (April 1993): 14-15.
Lee, John H., “Off Guard in Koreatown.” KoreAm Journal 4, no. 4 (April 1993): 17.
Park, Jeana, “4.29 Chronicles.” KoreAm Journal 4, no. 4 (April 1993): 19.
Unidentified, “Then and Now (Photographs).” KoreAm Journal 4, no. 4 (April 1993): 21.
KoreAm: While, Two Years Later…Memories of 4.29 Continue to Haunt the Korean American Community
Chang, Edward Taehan and Oh, Angela Eunjin, “Media Must Stop Stirring Up Racial Tensions in L.A..” KoreAm Journal 5, no. 4 (April 1994): 24.
Fong, Joon, “Victims of the April Riots are Still Suffering.” KoreAm Journal 5, no. 4 (April 1994): 25.
Kim, Bong Hwan and Wong, Patrice, “Rebuilding Los Angeles–More than Ever, We Need a Business Agenda.” KoreAm Journal 5, no. 4 (April 1994): 26.
KoreAm: Hopeless Ground
Kim, Meehee, “Hopeless Ground.” KoreAm Journal 6, no. 4 (April 1995): 16-17.
Wong, Patrice Yan-Lin, “Recovery for Riot-Impacted Businesses.” KoreAm Journal 6, no. 4 (April 1995 ): 19.
KoreAm: Silent Voices No More
Oh, Angela, “Four Years Later.” KoreAm Journal 7, no. 4 (April 1996): 17.
KoreAm: Do You Remember ‘Sa-I-Gu’?
Oh, Angela, “A Fleeting Moment.” KoreAm Journal 8, no. 4 (April 1997): 7.
Kim, Anne H., “Sweeping it Under the Carpet.” KoreAm Journal 8, no. 4 (April 1997): 27.
Yun, Samuel S., “The Valley of Dry Bones.” KoreAm Journal 8, no. 4 (April 1997): 28.
KoreAm: O Pioneers! The Legendary Lives of KAs on the Frontier
Lee, Ken, “Kyung Won Lee.” KoreAm Journal 12, no. 1 (January 2000): 16-17.
KoreAm: 11-Year Anniversary Issue
Lee, K. W., “Who Killed Eddie Lee?.” KoreAm Journal 12, no. 4 (April 2001): 26-29.
KoreAm: The Messengers
Lee, K. W., and Ha, Julie, “Voices of the Children of 4-29.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 18-20.
Lee, K. W., “Sa-I-Gu: A Huanting Prelude to the Fire Next Time.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 26-29.
Park, Yungsuhn, “The Business of Family.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 31-32.
Boyarsky, Bill , “L.A. Writer Searches for Hope in Post-Riot Korean America.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 34-35.
Lee, Stephen, “The Second-Generation and Our 4.29 Inheritance.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 36-37.
Kaplan, Erin Aubry, “Stoking the Fires of Change.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 46-47.
Ha, Julie, “Don’t Worry, I’ll Be There’.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 48-50, 54.
Oh, Angela E., “Born on the 29th of April.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 58-59.
Lee, John, “Journalism Takes a Holiday.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 62.
Sarabia, Saùl, “The World’s Greatest Vanishing Act.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 66-67.
Jang, Mira, “I Saw, I changed.” KoreAm Journal 13, no. 4 (April 2002): 70-71.
KoreAm: 14-Year Anniversary Issue
Ha, Julie, “$1.79.” KoreAm Journal 15, no. 4 (April 2004): 26-28, 30, 32.
Lee, John, “A Look Back at Anger.” KoreAm Journal 15, no. 4 (April 2004): 36-38.
KoreAm: 15-Year Anniversary Issue
Kaplan, Erin Aubry, “Searching for New Math in the Black/Korean/Police Equation.” KoreAm Journal 16, no. 4 (April 2005): 66-68.
Huh, James, “Stay Inside the Fences.” KoreAm Journal 16, no. 4 (April 2005): 84-85.
Pirtle, Dorothy, “It was Never an Uprising.” KoreAm Journal 16, no. 4 (April 2005): 86-87.
Lee, K. W., “It’s that Awful déjà vu Time Again.” KoreAm Journal 16, no. 4 (April 2005): 88-89.
KoreAm: 16-Year Anniversary Issue
Chung, Charles , “Sa-i-gu Memory.” KoreAm Journal 17, no. 4 (April 2006): 66-69.
KoreAm: 17-Year Anniversary Issue
Lee, K. W., “The 1% Factor.” KoreAm Journal 18, no. 4 (April 2007): 76-78.
Lee, K. W., “The Sa-I-Gu Truth and Redress Quest.” KoreAm Journal 18, no. 4 (April 2007): 80.
Fruto, Richard, “Revisiting the Scene of the Crime.” KoreAm Journal 18, no. 4 (April 2007): 82-84.
Pak, Ellyn, “A Fresh Start.” KoreAm Journal 18, no. 4 (April 2007): 86-87.
KoreAm: 18-Year Anniversary Issue
Kim, Do, “The Promise of Post-4.29 Leadership.” KoreAm Journal 19, no. 4 (April 2008): 62-64.
Ward, Arvli, “Witness to Sa-i-gu Sees Troubling Similarities between 1992 and 2008.” KoreAm Journal 19, no. 4 (April 2008): 64, 66.
Sarabia, Saùl, “From Rodney King to Barack Obama: America Confronts Another Racial Moment.” KoreAm Journal 19, no. 4 (April 2008): 66-67.
KoreAm: 4.29, 20-Year Anniversary Issue
Ha, Julie, “Editor’s Note.” KoreAm Journal 23, no. 4 (April 2012): 8.
Oh, Esther , “After the Trauma.” KoreAm Journal 23, no. 4 (April 2012): 18-19.
Yi, Eugene, “Saigu: An Oral History.” KoreAm Journal 23, no. 4 (April 2012): 28-41.
Korea Times, “Damage: Korean American-Run Businesses Affected by 4.29 (Map).” KoreAm Journal 23, no. 4 (April 2012): 42-43.
Multiple, “Reflections, 20 Years Out.” KoreAm Journal 23, no. 4 (April 2012): 44-45.
Lee, K. W., “If You Don’t Speak Up, Who Else Will?’.” KoreAm Journal 23, no. 4 (April 2012): 50-53.